Marriage of Ayurved and Jyotish

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Excerpt

 

" Every inch of the earth, " architect Bakshi notes,

" is in perfect harmony with cosmic order. When we

disrupt a part of the earth, we disturb this

order. From this perspective we have no right to

disturb the earth by putting a building on it. "

Yet, modern man needs shelter to live and work.

How can we achieve that without disturbing the

harmony of the cosmos? India's traditional science

of architecture has an answer. Sthapatya Ved shows

how to incorporate the naturally occuring cosmic

order into the design of a building and

re-establish the inherent order that was disrupted

by raising the building. It structures the home as

a vessel for cosmic consciousness in which your

life and being will naturally expand, according to

modern-day Sthapatya Veda architect, Mr. Deepak

Bakshi. Not only in up-scale India, but in

middle-America this ancient system of design and

construction is being used to engineer some of the

most high-tech and harmonious homes.

 

Sthapatya Ved comes out of the Atharv Ved and is

one of the twenty-seven branches of Vedic science.

It was passed on orally for centuries from father

to son until written down on palm leaves in the

Middle Ages. Sthapatya comes from sthapana, which

means " establishment. " Bakshi tells us that " Here

we are trying to establish the relationship

between the owner of the building, the building

itself and the Cosmic Power. This relationship can

be achieved.

 

" Sthapatya Ved is created out of the marriage of

two branches of Ved. They are: Ayurved [medicine]

and Jyotish shastr [astrology]. Ayurved contains

the knowledge of the science of health and the

human body. Jyotish shastr contains the knowledge

of man's relationship to the universe, and the

ever-changing effects of the universe on man.

Sthapaty Ved combines the needs of the human body

and the environment in one holistic science. It

was in full practice in India five thousand years

ago. "

 

Excerpt from:

 

Building a House, Rishi-Style

 

Hinduism Today

March, 1995

 

http://www.hinduismtoday.com/archives/1995/3/1995-3-04.shtml

 

 

Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi

Om Shanti